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the end of the war is over 30,000 british troops still in north america. but they just decide to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776. there is a thought process that leads to learning the lesson that begins at that time. it is hard for him to accept this. eventually he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hannibal, napoleon, robert e. lee, rommel. washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he was the winner. because of his resilience in the end i.t. out at the strategic level. i think my time is kind of a. what i will end with one somewhat controversial question question -- statement. when the war in iraq was ratcheting up, i got a call from the woman that does offense at "the l.a. times." she said, i want you to write an op-ed on what washington would do about iraq. what he would do about iraq. so i said stephanie, washington wouldn't know where iraq was. he wouldn't know about weapons of mass destruction, jihads, whatever. he said that's right. now write
the end of the war is over 30,000 british troops still in north america. but they just decide to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776. there is a thought process that leads to learning the lesson that begins at that time. it is hard for him to accept this. eventually he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hannibal, napoleon, robert e. lee, rommel. washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he...
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the end of the war, treaty signed, over 30,000 british troops in north america, but they just decided to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776 or the thought process that leads to the learning lesson begins at that time. it's hard for him to accept this, but, eventually, he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hanibal, napolean, robert e. lee, rommel, washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he was a winner. he was a because of the resilience and strategics he had at the inside level. i think my time is kind of up. i'll end with a somewhat controversial question or statement. when the war in iraq was wrash eting up, i got a call from the woman who does op-eds at the l.a. times and said shsh -- she said, i want you to write an op-ed on what washington would have done about iraq. [laughter] or what he would do. i said, stephanie, washington wouldn't know where iraq was. [laughter] he wouldn't know about weapons of mass destruction, jihad, whatever. she said, that's right; now right the p
the end of the war, treaty signed, over 30,000 british troops in north america, but they just decided to leave. washington learns this lesson in the summer of 1776 or the thought process that leads to the learning lesson begins at that time. it's hard for him to accept this, but, eventually, he does. if you think about it, many of the great generals in world history are losers. hanibal, napolean, robert e. lee, rommel, washington was not a good general. he lost more battles than he won, but he...
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i mean, america had a really good 20th century. you got, you know, you got your kind of self-belief confirmed by what happened in the 20th century, and even though there was a mini version of that in britain, we liken ourselves to the story of the second world war. all the same. on the whole, it was a story of retreat and rather chasing self-realization, looking at you're and go, oh, i wasn't what i thought i was, a smaller more modest sense, and as americans have a tendency to believe positively, europeans substituted irony for a lot of that stuff, and we do irony instead of religion as well. irony things like the realists approach to the universe if you had the european 20th century. >> host: francis spufford, is there an evangelical movement in england, and is it a political movement at all? >> there is an evangelical movement, but it doesn't do politics the way that the american one does. we don't have christian conservatives, and i'm speaking for myself, we vote centerrish or leftish on the whole. one of the problems as christ
i mean, america had a really good 20th century. you got, you know, you got your kind of self-belief confirmed by what happened in the 20th century, and even though there was a mini version of that in britain, we liken ourselves to the story of the second world war. all the same. on the whole, it was a story of retreat and rather chasing self-realization, looking at you're and go, oh, i wasn't what i thought i was, a smaller more modest sense, and as americans have a tendency to believe...
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cover this subject in detail, it is worth noting that the gathering debate over the republican party of america's engagement with the world including the resources to support such an engagement is an ominous sign. not only for those that see the connection between a powerful u.s. and more democratic and safe world, but the world itself. as britain began to give up the global reach before world war i, it was there to have an important part of the discarded mantle, if those in the republican party for reasons differ them president obama is a triumph, america's retreat of less influence and less participation in the world will offer neither stability , nor prosperity. there is no democratic state in the sidelines waiting for our current responsibilities. there is china. less powerful, it will diminish the international demand for american products and risk our leadership position in europe and asia and will disperse to a new international order one in which liberty, a free-market its common human rights rights, respect for territorial sovereignty in freedom of navigation on the high seas are not pri
cover this subject in detail, it is worth noting that the gathering debate over the republican party of america's engagement with the world including the resources to support such an engagement is an ominous sign. not only for those that see the connection between a powerful u.s. and more democratic and safe world, but the world itself. as britain began to give up the global reach before world war i, it was there to have an important part of the discarded mantle, if those in the republican...
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the japanese then attacked pearl harbor in america declared war on japan and then finally was america was in the war that fdr was a war president. people often say the japanese took america into war. that is true in one sense but even deeper i freak fdr and his representatives to take america into war. by defeating isolationism in foreign enemies, they also took america as i may end with one final story that has the question commissure after pearl harbor churchill said he wants to come to washington to confer with america that was formally allied to britain. these are much less formal day so roosevelt admits his him and most of the entourage of cells were knocking around in the residence with eleanor in a lady friends and also harry hopkins. one day roosevelt had nothing to tell churchill so he wheeled himself into his bedroom and he was horrified to find churchill had set up a bathtub in the middle of the bedroom. he had unusual personal habits. he was horrified find him taking a bath midmorning. president started to feel himself felt but churchill supposedly rose like a sea monster
the japanese then attacked pearl harbor in america declared war on japan and then finally was america was in the war that fdr was a war president. people often say the japanese took america into war. that is true in one sense but even deeper i freak fdr and his representatives to take america into war. by defeating isolationism in foreign enemies, they also took america as i may end with one final story that has the question commissure after pearl harbor churchill said he wants to come to...
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she had gone on political trips with him in the united states into south and latin america which was very unusual for women in her generation. so she had the wanderlust from the time she was a young girl. she was very proud of the fact that she spoke fluent french and german which he perfected while she was at the content making the best of a bad situation which would become her mantra in life. when she married this was a way to escape both the boisterous mess of the children and perhaps some of the upset over the weaknesses in her marriage and in some ways perhaps was also a form of birth control because of worst the catholic church the catholic church would not have allowed any artificial contraception. >> host: she thought mine was enough. >> guest: she thought mine was enough and in later years she was on the merv griffin show in the early 70's and he brought up that her son bobby and his wife ethel had 11. rose said well if i had known it was a competition i might've had more than nine. >> host: i think it was a bit of a competition. there was one trip where they want to rush on
she had gone on political trips with him in the united states into south and latin america which was very unusual for women in her generation. so she had the wanderlust from the time she was a young girl. she was very proud of the fact that she spoke fluent french and german which he perfected while she was at the content making the best of a bad situation which would become her mantra in life. when she married this was a way to escape both the boisterous mess of the children and perhaps some...
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was america's role vital in world war i? >> guest: i wouldn't say it was vital, but it certainly, it certainly made, it certainly shortened the war. because in 1918, even in 1917, but in 1918 americans began to arrive at the western front which was the key theater. in growing numbers. and they were young and vigorous, and they were unspoiled by the horrors of war. they were still optimistic, and whereas all the other powers were jaded and defeatist, as it were. and, therefore, they were an important factor in germany's surrender. i think it would have occurred anyway in the long run, but america probably shortened the war by two or three years. >> host: you've written a book called "intellectuals: from marx and tolstoy to sartre and chomsky." karl marx, an intellectual? >> guest: oh, yes. these were all intellectuals. the way i define an intellectual is someone who thinks that ideas matter more than people. i don't agree with that, of course. i think people matter much more than ideas. but most intellectuals do fall into tha
was america's role vital in world war i? >> guest: i wouldn't say it was vital, but it certainly, it certainly made, it certainly shortened the war. because in 1918, even in 1917, but in 1918 americans began to arrive at the western front which was the key theater. in growing numbers. and they were young and vigorous, and they were unspoiled by the horrors of war. they were still optimistic, and whereas all the other powers were jaded and defeatist, as it were. and, therefore, they were...
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it was the most powerful for 200 years in america wins world war ii. like the shot of her rant, the sender is to western schools, get rid of the burqa is. until the muslim brotherhood started in 1928 and they said stop trying to be at the west and organized to pull the rugs out and reinstitute fundamental islam. under jimmy carter camus told to write out from underneath a shot. ..
it was the most powerful for 200 years in america wins world war ii. like the shot of her rant, the sender is to western schools, get rid of the burqa is. until the muslim brotherhood started in 1928 and they said stop trying to be at the west and organized to pull the rugs out and reinstitute fundamental islam. under jimmy carter camus told to write out from underneath a shot. ..
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this was done through a sort of liberal takeover of our law studies in america. and i go through the takeover of the university's and worshiping the state as well. importing radical european secular liberalism to the american universities. the reason was because no american university could give you a graduate degree. yet to get europe to get it. europe in the mid-1800s to make unique study of the german universities and we get the most radical secular enlightenment use brought back to america, and stocks in our universities. by the end of the 1800's it formed the foundation of our entire understanding of the intelligence pushed down to our culture. the law, the development of our law schools. that is all law schools got contaminated. you have to go back to the end of the 1800's to find that out. one of the things the imported was this bad idea from the 19,053rd french republic. >> your off the hook. >> liberalism, they tend to be tolerant, but there are so intolerant of religion. >> the least of certain kinds. there that tall -- no problem tolerating or any othe
this was done through a sort of liberal takeover of our law studies in america. and i go through the takeover of the university's and worshiping the state as well. importing radical european secular liberalism to the american universities. the reason was because no american university could give you a graduate degree. yet to get europe to get it. europe in the mid-1800s to make unique study of the german universities and we get the most radical secular enlightenment use brought back to america,...
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i have also lived half my life in south america. a lot about bolivar, but i have learned just from listening to you a number of things, including the wonderful stint in colombia and the battle. we hear a lot to commend it irritates me as someone who loves this to hear about the late departed executive to the president of venezuela who used this human bolivar as a tool to badly govern a wonderful people and a wonderful country. to what extent he lived a long time in venezuela, to what extent was hugo chavez distorting history and just doing their usual grab that he did, work is there a serious historical responsible basis for using bolivar as part of the venezuelan package? >> thank you for that question. a very good question. there is very little. and think about this in the epilogue. a very little to compare. except for the thing that everybody since bolivar died, and he died as -- absolutely destitute. he -- the data very rich man. but bolivar it is amazing to see people on the right use them. people on the left use in for hug
i have also lived half my life in south america. a lot about bolivar, but i have learned just from listening to you a number of things, including the wonderful stint in colombia and the battle. we hear a lot to commend it irritates me as someone who loves this to hear about the late departed executive to the president of venezuela who used this human bolivar as a tool to badly govern a wonderful people and a wonderful country. to what extent he lived a long time in venezuela, to what extent...
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in a speech, he said, i see an america for which democracy will arise to a new birth, an america which will once more provide this war torn world with a clear glimpse of the destiny of man. at noon, on tuesday, october 29th, exactly one week before the november 1940 election, a lottery took place in an auditorium in washington. a few weeks earlier, congress passed the slebtive -- selective agent for universal military training and service. it was the first piece time draft in american history. the lottery would determine the order in which american boys would be called up. on a table in the middle of the stage sat a huge glass bowl filled with 9,000 capsules, each with a different registration number. the audience was packed with cabinet members, senators, congressmen, young men, parents, and reporters. they all grew quiet when they saw president roosevelt walk slowly on to the stage on the arm of his assistance. he gave a short talk that was broadcast across the nation. this is a solemn ceremony, he said. it's accompanied by no fanfare, no blowing of bugles or beating of drums. he exp
in a speech, he said, i see an america for which democracy will arise to a new birth, an america which will once more provide this war torn world with a clear glimpse of the destiny of man. at noon, on tuesday, october 29th, exactly one week before the november 1940 election, a lottery took place in an auditorium in washington. a few weeks earlier, congress passed the slebtive -- selective agent for universal military training and service. it was the first piece time draft in american history....
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a lot of people warned it would be south america or even north america. we actually at one point roosevelt sent troops to greenland to make sure they didn't go there. because that would have been a nice stepping stone to this country. the men mans when hitler began pounding great britain was if great britain fell, not only would hitler get it resources maybe even its navy, but that is the navy we continued on to control the atlantic. the american fleet is all in the pacific as pearl harbor demonstrated. as a result, what would happen if effect hitler controlled the atlantic? we would have no trade roots, we would have no capacity for getting out of our own -- ports. at that time, we didn't have a two-ocean navy. it was one of the things that had to be built up. this is a very serious situation. how did we meet it? we met it largely by utilizing the one thing americans had always done best which was mass production. we invented it. we invented it in the auto industry. this is the first wholesale mechanized war in history. you're talking about in a country
a lot of people warned it would be south america or even north america. we actually at one point roosevelt sent troops to greenland to make sure they didn't go there. because that would have been a nice stepping stone to this country. the men mans when hitler began pounding great britain was if great britain fell, not only would hitler get it resources maybe even its navy, but that is the navy we continued on to control the atlantic. the american fleet is all in the pacific as pearl harbor...
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but when he came to america he found dying of silk was not in great demand. he became a candle and soap maker. this is a pattern that followed quite consistently without restrictive guild does chelation, people were much freer to pursue new interest, to develop new skills. and that played into this notion that we can have useful knowledge, practical knowledge that advance is not only our own social position with that of our society. so as a result many of these master craftsman or even mechanic or even a lowly tournament could aspire to become an independent entrepreneur with considerable economic security and a company social status and political influence. this movement was further mode, particularly annually by the puritans added more so in and around philadelphia with large quaker population, both put a premium on labor and particularly on the nobility of labor. so working with one's hands producing something, laboring honestly was a social good that perhaps and carried connotations that it didn't always carry back into europe. so as a say in the journeym
but when he came to america he found dying of silk was not in great demand. he became a candle and soap maker. this is a pattern that followed quite consistently without restrictive guild does chelation, people were much freer to pursue new interest, to develop new skills. and that played into this notion that we can have useful knowledge, practical knowledge that advance is not only our own social position with that of our society. so as a result many of these master craftsman or even mechanic...
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hello, america, he says to the radio audience back home. i've been watching a part of the world being blown to pieces. a part of the world as nice as vermont, ohio, virginia, and california and illinois. all of that noise you hear isn't static, it's death coming to london. you can hear the bombs falling on streets and the homes. this is a big story. you're part of it. it's too late to do anything here except stand in the dark and let them come. it's as if the light were out everywhere except in america. keep those lights burning. cover them with steel, rig them with guns, build a canopy of "battleship" and bombing planes around them. hello, america, hang on to your lights. they're the only lights left in the world. hitchcock got it right. hitler's nazi army and air force crushed norway, denmark, holland, norway, and france. governorgreat britain was left standing alone. in 1940, the battle began. almost every night until may 1941, the planes would drop tens of thownldzs -- thousands of tons of bombs over london, liverpool, birmingham, south
hello, america, he says to the radio audience back home. i've been watching a part of the world being blown to pieces. a part of the world as nice as vermont, ohio, virginia, and california and illinois. all of that noise you hear isn't static, it's death coming to london. you can hear the bombs falling on streets and the homes. this is a big story. you're part of it. it's too late to do anything here except stand in the dark and let them come. it's as if the light were out everywhere except in...
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part of the problem was the president did see latin america as a model. middle eastern societies, latin america societies are not necessarily the same. there are distinctive differences. american advisers place challenges on the middle east in trying to develop countries and also to develop an emerging middle class who hypothetically might naturally become allies of the united states. iran, the country of iran was a test case for this. we devoted more money and more labor hours to iran than any other country in the region. we had 30,000 troops there during the war and to help keep the road to russia open. we had thousands of technicians there trying to develop hospitals and schools and infrastructure projects. the president said at one point that iran will stand as a model for what we under the atlantic charter, the idea that self-determination, teaching these countries to develop themselves can achieve. again, there were mixed results. iran had a very rigid social structure that made it very difficult for the americans to work with people other than the
part of the problem was the president did see latin america as a model. middle eastern societies, latin america societies are not necessarily the same. there are distinctive differences. american advisers place challenges on the middle east in trying to develop countries and also to develop an emerging middle class who hypothetically might naturally become allies of the united states. iran, the country of iran was a test case for this. we devoted more money and more labor hours to iran than any...
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hello, america, hang on to your lights. they are the only lights left in the world. hitchcock got it right. hitler's army and air force already crushed norway, denmark, holland, belgium, and france. great britain was left standing alone. in august of 1940, the battle of britain began. almost every night until may 194 1, planes dropped tens of thousands of tons of bombs over london, liverpool, birmingham, south hampton, bristol, and other industrial cities and ports. everything that we value most in life was ob the bring. the civilization, precious legacy of the enlightenment, and thomas jefferson's immortal affirmation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of the happiness, and we also value the survival of great britain. in 1789 hamilton said, we think in english. with that breech statement, he encopslated the profound, intellectual, and cultural ties that binds the united states and britain. in 1940, the fate of the world hung on the united states, and that summer, republicans and democrats would hold their conventions in preparation for the november presidential elect
hello, america, hang on to your lights. they are the only lights left in the world. hitchcock got it right. hitler's army and air force already crushed norway, denmark, holland, belgium, and france. great britain was left standing alone. in august of 1940, the battle of britain began. almost every night until may 194 1, planes dropped tens of thousands of tons of bombs over london, liverpool, birmingham, south hampton, bristol, and other industrial cities and ports. everything that we value...
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only in america could two bicycle mechanics launch an aviation industry and so forth. now, what's important here is that all of these figures share a number of key traits. well, one, they were largely or wholly self-taught. that is, they were not products of formal education. as a result, they had freed themselves from the constraints of conventional wisdom and traditional authority. they preferred practical solutions to theoretical discussion. they were, in essence, engineers not mathematicians. in other words, they were supreme practitioners of what i mean by be useful knowledge. be -- now, attempts in general to explain america's technological prowess, i've found, generally revolve around the notion it is our political and social systems that provided the ideal platform for innovation and for the associated economic growth, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. so in this view it was the new republic shaped by the founding fathers that set the stage for an explosion of innovation during the 19th and 20th centuries. an explosion that we can all agree continues to
only in america could two bicycle mechanics launch an aviation industry and so forth. now, what's important here is that all of these figures share a number of key traits. well, one, they were largely or wholly self-taught. that is, they were not products of formal education. as a result, they had freed themselves from the constraints of conventional wisdom and traditional authority. they preferred practical solutions to theoretical discussion. they were, in essence, engineers not...
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. >> next, from the annual publishing industry tradeshow, book expo america. a panel discussion on the future of the publishing industry. it's 45 minutes. >> hello everybody. i'm the director for the center for publishing at new york university and thanks so much
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but if it came up in the of the context that you raised first, it's just part of life in america. >> ladies and gentlemen, on that note, floyd has kindly agreed to sign his book. again, critics have given it an incredible review, and it's just a breathtaking book. i've read and it's breathtaking. i would strongly urge you to have your book signed by floyd but if you could just remain seated for about 20 seconds. my last question to float, could you tell us if the society for challenge into getting and the supreme court questioning? [laughter] >> certainly much more relaxing. >> actually. on outlook know, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in thanking one of the most brilliant scholars and lawyers that this nation has had that has impacted many of our lives on a regular basis. thank you. [applause] >> you are watching tv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> up next, booktv's peter slen into his office and one. this weaknesses concludes with military historian antony beevor followed by victorian era expert judith flanders. antony beevor talked about
but if it came up in the of the context that you raised first, it's just part of life in america. >> ladies and gentlemen, on that note, floyd has kindly agreed to sign his book. again, critics have given it an incredible review, and it's just a breathtaking book. i've read and it's breathtaking. i would strongly urge you to have your book signed by floyd but if you could just remain seated for about 20 seconds. my last question to float, could you tell us if the society for challenge...
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but he knew that the 44 aircraft would not be enough to destroy two of america's biggest cities. but he did believe that the psychological blow of the attack would be enough to force the united states to the negotiation table and to sue for an early piece. doolittle only filled and 16 bombers over tokyo. he was -- and yamamoto yamamoto was talking about 44 bombers. so it was a magnitude greater. okay, so one of the remarkable things about these subs is that they marked the first time they had launched an offensive attack against any enemy. up until 1945, used for either scouting or to sink ships. nobody dreamed that a submarine could be used to attack a city. that is one reason why these submarines were so revolutionary and also why they are relevant today. aside from being an amazing story, they are the historical predecessor of the u.s. regular missile carrying subs from the 1950s, which is shown here. it surfaced just like the e401 and they launched a nuclear missile with these subs. so in other words, a regular missile carrying subs are the direct descendents of these subs. s
but he knew that the 44 aircraft would not be enough to destroy two of america's biggest cities. but he did believe that the psychological blow of the attack would be enough to force the united states to the negotiation table and to sue for an early piece. doolittle only filled and 16 bombers over tokyo. he was -- and yamamoto yamamoto was talking about 44 bombers. so it was a magnitude greater. okay, so one of the remarkable things about these subs is that they marked the first time they had...
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in the united states because this will be a shock to most of your listeners but the progression of america, i don't even call it american it anymore is just another country we are undistinguished we used to be special indifferent and everybody knew it now is just another loaded government running another geographical area. it is turning into a police state very rapidly with the militarization of the police they don't knock on the door anymore it is just a s.w.a.t. brayed the government is completely and totally bankrupt 1.2 trillion dollars 90 percent was purchased by the federal reserve even the tidies to not want to buy it a try to get rid of their dollars. there is a panic for the exit. >> host: we invited you to talk about the book that has just come out, "totally incorrect" has told to lewis and james. who is he? >> guest: he writes the newsletter for us called the international speculator that follows exploration companies, apollo style section anywhere. >> host: what is a junior resources company? >> guest: looking for gold, nickel, uranium, kobol ds, you name it. 92 naturally occur
in the united states because this will be a shock to most of your listeners but the progression of america, i don't even call it american it anymore is just another country we are undistinguished we used to be special indifferent and everybody knew it now is just another loaded government running another geographical area. it is turning into a police state very rapidly with the militarization of the police they don't knock on the door anymore it is just a s.w.a.t. brayed the government is...
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war on america and finally america was in the war and fdr was a war president. fdr i think in a real sense people often say that the japanese took america into the war and of course that is true but in the true sense in the deep more important since i think fdr and his representatives have taken america into the war and by defeating domestic isolationism and later foreign enemies they also took america into the world. i might end with one final story which goes to the question of alliances. shortly after pearl harbor, churchill program roosevelt he wanted to come to washington to confer with america which was now former lady ally to britain. these were much less formal days and so roosevelt and most of the entourage and the white house itself were knocking around in the residence with eleanor and her friends and frankland's assistance and harry hopkins who was living in the corridor and one day roosevelt had something to tell churchill so she wheeled himself into churchill's's bedroom at the white house and he was horrified to find churchill had set up or cause
war on america and finally america was in the war and fdr was a war president. fdr i think in a real sense people often say that the japanese took america into the war and of course that is true but in the true sense in the deep more important since i think fdr and his representatives have taken america into the war and by defeating domestic isolationism and later foreign enemies they also took america into the world. i might end with one final story which goes to the question of alliances....
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so this has been on public television across america several times. wrensen -- norway, israel, south korea, romania. believe it's a shot in estonia which is interesting. so chris is happy to have had a success with this. again, is not about a single teacher. when i see his film i see myself, but in literally disappears. as see myself teaching, but i see my teachers teaching to me, my mother's -- mother was my fourth grade teacher in virginia and now i turned out really well. everything came out and we became as one. my mother's gesture there. my smile, my tenth grade geometry teacher. the way she puts her hand on the desk whenever i get over to the desk which is hardly ever. all those experiences have gone into making, of course, every effort i can manage to be the teacher. so i held a huge -- a huge debt of gratitude to all those teachers. we all do really. we all have a lineage. we'll come to summer. someone made it possible for us to be in to be here. without them we would not a survived. from the very first day we l.a. huge unpayable debt to so ma
so this has been on public television across america several times. wrensen -- norway, israel, south korea, romania. believe it's a shot in estonia which is interesting. so chris is happy to have had a success with this. again, is not about a single teacher. when i see his film i see myself, but in literally disappears. as see myself teaching, but i see my teachers teaching to me, my mother's -- mother was my fourth grade teacher in virginia and now i turned out really well. everything came out...
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from the recent chicago tribune lit fest, boston globe reporters discuss their book "whitey bulger: america's most wanted gangster and the man hunt that brought him to justice." , the trialgan -- began june 12, 2013. [applause] >> thank you for coming out on such a beautiful day. we don't get a lot of those here. i'm with the chicago tribune, write a business column with kevin and shelly murphy of the boston globe who are here not to do scouting on the chicago black hawks. [laughter] but to talk about their new book on whitey bulger, the boston mobster caught on the lamb after, what, 16 years, and first of all, let's get -- you guys have been boston journalists for quite a long time at this point. >> somebody said between us it's, like, what, 16 years? yeah, we've been chasing him combined total for 25 -- i mean, 25 each, so 50 between us. >> wow. i was reminded in the beginning, when i was a kid, my father was taking a friend of mine to go see butch cassidy and the sun dance kid. he said, you know, remember, whatever the movie makes of them, they are the bad guys, and the other thing that it
from the recent chicago tribune lit fest, boston globe reporters discuss their book "whitey bulger: america's most wanted gangster and the man hunt that brought him to justice." , the trialgan -- began june 12, 2013. [applause] >> thank you for coming out on such a beautiful day. we don't get a lot of those here. i'm with the chicago tribune, write a business column with kevin and shelly murphy of the boston globe who are here not to do scouting on the chicago black hawks....
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robert higgs author of dilutions of power and anthony gregory author of the power of habeas corpus in america talked about the protection of civil liberties in the u.s. since 9/11. it's about an hour and 40 minutes. good morning everybody. welcome. it is a tremendous honor to share the stage with bob and anthony who are two of my favorite people and i admire their work enormously. this is a huge topic we have to cover tonight. there are a lot of aspect and it's going to be a challenge to be able to cover some of those. i have warned both bob and anthony that i will be holding them to tight schedules so we can get through it and we will have plenty of time for your questions and we want to have a good discussion following. in your association goes back many years and it's been fruitful starting with the production of this book crisis and the episodes in the growth of american government pity it was first published by oxford university press in 1987 and remained in print ever since. we were very honored to be able to issue the 21st anniversary edition last year and your work has certainly infor
robert higgs author of dilutions of power and anthony gregory author of the power of habeas corpus in america talked about the protection of civil liberties in the u.s. since 9/11. it's about an hour and 40 minutes. good morning everybody. welcome. it is a tremendous honor to share the stage with bob and anthony who are two of my favorite people and i admire their work enormously. this is a huge topic we have to cover tonight. there are a lot of aspect and it's going to be a challenge to be...
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romney and the future of elections in america is a follow on to the book dan and haynes johnson wrote about the 2008 campaign. and as dan says of the new book, he hadn't expected obama's second run for the presidency to turn out quite as compelling as the first groundbreaking one did but it did. the campaign did turn out to be just as compelling although in different ways. howell raines reviewing the book in the post the other day called it quote old-fashioned in a good sense, referring to the fact that it's filled with attributed quotes and closed focus reportage and thankfully lacks windy and alice's. but dam also shows a modern-day appreciation for the new technologies and social media the obama camp aim puts to such effective use. if you really want to understand why the election turned out as it did for america's political future read this book. we will be life tweeting tonight's event speaking of modern technology and social media, so you can follow along with the conversation at hashtag balz dca. dan will speak for a bit and we will leave time for questions. if you have a quest
romney and the future of elections in america is a follow on to the book dan and haynes johnson wrote about the 2008 campaign. and as dan says of the new book, he hadn't expected obama's second run for the presidency to turn out quite as compelling as the first groundbreaking one did but it did. the campaign did turn out to be just as compelling although in different ways. howell raines reviewing the book in the post the other day called it quote old-fashioned in a good sense, referring to the...
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that is not the way you do things in the united states of america. you have this tremendous natural inclination to think of all the reasons why you can't do it, you have to do it. that is where we were. >> after the swearing-in, in the first few hours or days were there any offices or persons in authority, that this was in fact a done deal? >> i don't -- i think there were some people who came to the capital and next morning who had not seen this on tv, is lee curtis peer? she is one, who showed up for work the next morning and didn't know this had happened and yet the world had turned upside down. >> the perception was the governor -- >> very new short-term receptionist in governor blanton's front office and worked for governor alexander and fortress the government for 30 plus years. >> on that question, one, based on bill koch's advice, i asked the new cabinet members to take their offices that make no decisions between the swearing-in on wednesday and saturday and those decisions could not be challenged later by anybody so we tried to minimize tha
that is not the way you do things in the united states of america. you have this tremendous natural inclination to think of all the reasons why you can't do it, you have to do it. that is where we were. >> after the swearing-in, in the first few hours or days were there any offices or persons in authority, that this was in fact a done deal? >> i don't -- i think there were some people who came to the capital and next morning who had not seen this on tv, is lee curtis peer? she is...
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and to some degree, that's america today. that's our--our race--our race relations are--we go to louis farrakhan and give him a great deal more media time and attention than we do to thomas sowell or shelby steele, or any number of--of other--of other people. that's the--those are the ones who control the--the moral authority of the larger society, and keep--keep us in this sort of--frozen in this way. c-span: you write about a column written by cokie and steve roberts about j.c. watts. what's the point? >> guest: the point was that they wrote a--they wrote a column and--and they--where they sort of--after, you know--gave him a kind of backhanded compliment and where--i---the--where--i forget, i think it had to do with the republican convention and j.c. watts was giving a speech and he made the point that he had come up--his father had--had inspired him and how he'd overcome great obstacles and so forth. and they sort of used colin powell to--to sort of, i guess, wi--give a kind of black--backhanded slap to j.c. watts by sayi
and to some degree, that's america today. that's our--our race--our race relations are--we go to louis farrakhan and give him a great deal more media time and attention than we do to thomas sowell or shelby steele, or any number of--of other--of other people. that's the--those are the ones who control the--the moral authority of the larger society, and keep--keep us in this sort of--frozen in this way. c-span: you write about a column written by cokie and steve roberts about j.c. watts. what's...
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they are building mosques across america. our government knows they are the brotherhood and their own federal government and the department of justice under erick holder is intervening in these mosque cases around the country. locals say hey hamm wait a minute. these guys are radical and they make comments about jews and about america don't think we want this mosque built. the department justice directly intervenes in dozens of cases and i talk about in the book. the atomic administrations is directing dozens of cases and ran these radical mosques through. the foxes guarding the henhouse and i go back to mohammed majihd who i mentioned earlier. mohammed majihd is a guy who last year at a white house i believe it was a ramadan event. funny thing i looked at the guest list and i looked at the video of the event and mohammed majihd is sitting in the front row in front of president obama. president obama standing at the podium and mohammed majihd has affronted center seat. even worse for our country and our national security moha
they are building mosques across america. our government knows they are the brotherhood and their own federal government and the department of justice under erick holder is intervening in these mosque cases around the country. locals say hey hamm wait a minute. these guys are radical and they make comments about jews and about america don't think we want this mosque built. the department justice directly intervenes in dozens of cases and i talk about in the book. the atomic administrations is...
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really a wonderful glimpse of what it was like to be in america on the home front during the war. >> in the 1990s, nasa scientists detected a mysterious force that was slowing down the pioneer 10 and pioneer 11 spacecraft. the first manmade objects to leave the solar system. konstantin ca cay whereas discusses the implications of that finding, leads a discussion on how scientists search for truth can and how that search isn't always straightforward. this hour, 20-minute event is next on booktv. >> it is exciting to see a full room for an evening called cosmic anomalies. [laughter] the good news with a topic like this is, you know, if you think you don't know the answers of science, neither does anybody here on the panel. [laughter] so we're all on a level playing ground here. but we have -- it's, this is a very fun group for me to be with because they're people who i either talk to or want to talk to, and now i get a chance to spend a whole evening with them, and you get to eavesdrop in on this. constantine ca chi chris, did i do it right? >> i think so, yeah. >> i'm a -- we have a g
really a wonderful glimpse of what it was like to be in america on the home front during the war. >> in the 1990s, nasa scientists detected a mysterious force that was slowing down the pioneer 10 and pioneer 11 spacecraft. the first manmade objects to leave the solar system. konstantin ca cay whereas discusses the implications of that finding, leads a discussion on how scientists search for truth can and how that search isn't always straightforward. this hour, 20-minute event is next on...
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we had the same in latin america. people my grated to vens with a lay from countries such as peru on a consistent basis for half a century. it's a wealthier country than venezuela. look at it this way as well. chinese immigration in the united states has played a key role in the growing economic prosperity of china, they have not only of course been able to export stuff and import stuff to them. they invested in china response i think that borders and barriers are really art initial term of the impact on the economy. we all benefit from the constant circulation as people. the same is happening in europe. some of the eastern -- or central european countries have been -- in the last few years. it became legal to do so. and yet they have been becoming more and more prosperous. poland is more prosperous. it export the an incredible amount of people to spain. >> i have some small things to add. he's 100% right. about the german 1848ers. they left behind complained about the liberals leaving. americans who experienced and m
we had the same in latin america. people my grated to vens with a lay from countries such as peru on a consistent basis for half a century. it's a wealthier country than venezuela. look at it this way as well. chinese immigration in the united states has played a key role in the growing economic prosperity of china, they have not only of course been able to export stuff and import stuff to them. they invested in china response i think that borders and barriers are really art initial term of the...
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he has said he is not president of black america. i say fine but black americans are american citizens no matter what anybody says. we are american citizens advocating an end of policy and the end of racial equality in the end of mass incarceration. when we think of president barack obama we need to go back to what dr. king said in his last speech, the greatness of america lies in the right to protest for right. whoever is in the white house should be someone who is talking about an agenda that upsets african-americans even if that person is the first black president of the united states. [applause] >> good afternoon, great to be here and i too when to julian in the congratulations for organizing this event and allowing us an opportunity to talk about the state of black politics. you offered three images. one was of the u.s. supreme court's decision in the shelby county voting rights case, not to forget this past term also decided an affirmative-action case from the university of texas in which affirmative action survived by a hair.
he has said he is not president of black america. i say fine but black americans are american citizens no matter what anybody says. we are american citizens advocating an end of policy and the end of racial equality in the end of mass incarceration. when we think of president barack obama we need to go back to what dr. king said in his last speech, the greatness of america lies in the right to protest for right. whoever is in the white house should be someone who is talking about an agenda that...
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but if you say, so how are recovering the state of the immigrants in america today, i would say that we are covering the politics of it very well. we sort of know what's going on in the senate subcommittee of the judiciary committee, but do we know what's going on in their lives? are we living with them and telling their stories? and the answer is no. and i think that sort of a national problem and it's not just down here. who but we don't see reporters in the field. without a proper driver's license. and we don't see them, somebody texting their parents can be careful, i got caught on a traffic violation. they may be coming after you. we don't see that. i think we will. i'm hopeful we'll get back to that, that i think online has multiple opportunities for deep reporting. and i look forward to it, kissing more that. >> one of the problems, who's interested in reading about poor people? i mean, it's one thing to read about poor people as they report in 1936, but i know of a project in washington that is trying to cultivate reporters for reporting the social crisis right now that's env
but if you say, so how are recovering the state of the immigrants in america today, i would say that we are covering the politics of it very well. we sort of know what's going on in the senate subcommittee of the judiciary committee, but do we know what's going on in their lives? are we living with them and telling their stories? and the answer is no. and i think that sort of a national problem and it's not just down here. who but we don't see reporters in the field. without a proper driver's...
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i love america and i love the fbi. i think it's a great education and the only way it's going improve is by looking what the faults were and correcting them. it's true of any institution. i keep writing these weaks and say, you know, just that's because what i want to do rewrite history to the degree it's possible. i don't know if that answered your question. anybody else, please. this lady any the front. >> have you ever personally been threatened or sent any kind of threat to your life or ex-- for exposing some of this? >> i wasn't physically -- well, i had a couple of death threat on the website. but, you know, i was patrick fitzgerald of the very powerful u.s. attorney i talked about who was the head of organized crime and terrorism in the southern district spent 20 months from the fall of '07 to the summer of '09 trying to kill my last book. literally, lirmly threatened 32 pages of letter threating to sue for liable. didn't have a prayer and a case and he knew. he's a brilliant attorney. my books were, you know, t
i love america and i love the fbi. i think it's a great education and the only way it's going improve is by looking what the faults were and correcting them. it's true of any institution. i keep writing these weaks and say, you know, just that's because what i want to do rewrite history to the degree it's possible. i don't know if that answered your question. anybody else, please. this lady any the front. >> have you ever personally been threatened or sent any kind of threat to your life...
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the muslim brotherhood is not here in america. even though there are -- actually to my layout at their present and some 80 countries around the world. squashed in egypt, taken a step back. that is there up, and it is a big setback could, but this is a global movement. while you should care about what happens over there, suppose the brother had does not go quietly and the islamist allies choose not to go quietly. here is a scenario to chew on. suppose they target the suez canal where a good amount of the world's oil passes to the middle east every day on its way to your. suppose they shut it down through an act of terror. what happens when you go to the pump every day? what happens to the global economy, oil and gas prices skyrocket and you will feel it in nova said the american people don't care what the name of kim kardashian is baby is. suppose they carry out attacks in the sinai peninsula. i don't have a map, but if you're watching or listening, it borders could israel. over the past year strange the enough it has increased. ju
the muslim brotherhood is not here in america. even though there are -- actually to my layout at their present and some 80 countries around the world. squashed in egypt, taken a step back. that is there up, and it is a big setback could, but this is a global movement. while you should care about what happens over there, suppose the brother had does not go quietly and the islamist allies choose not to go quietly. here is a scenario to chew on. suppose they target the suez canal where a good...
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ethics and public policy center and an adjunct fellow with the institute with a special-interest in america's cultural war. she writes on family, feminism, homosexuality, affirmative action and campus political correctness. she helped publish a book entitled radical and chief which was exposing obama's lost years that nobody knows
ethics and public policy center and an adjunct fellow with the institute with a special-interest in america's cultural war. she writes on family, feminism, homosexuality, affirmative action and campus political correctness. she helped publish a book entitled radical and chief which was exposing obama's lost years that nobody knows
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it's the real america. there's a minority of americans who are obstructing the will of the majority. so that's where we are now. and for kind of disspiritted progressives, i just experiment. imagine if romney was president now. if romney and ryan had won. there were a lot of ways it could have gone that way. for instance, if scott hasn't turned on the camera it's unlikely that obama would a 7 point lead going to have first going to the first debate. if might have been hard for him to catch up. there are a number of other factors that contributed to his victory. imagine if romney and rhode ryan were in the office. the economy is improving. but not as sharp as one would hope. the deficit has gone down in the $200 billion. it's around $1 trillion. it's quite likely that the bulk of the ryan plan would have been enacted in to law in the early days of the administration because the same way that obamacare was passed with 51 votes under an on secure senate rule that allows it for budget and tax-related legislatio
it's the real america. there's a minority of americans who are obstructing the will of the majority. so that's where we are now. and for kind of disspiritted progressives, i just experiment. imagine if romney was president now. if romney and ryan had won. there were a lot of ways it could have gone that way. for instance, if scott hasn't turned on the camera it's unlikely that obama would a 7 point lead going to have first going to the first debate. if might have been hard for him to catch up....
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i have been in america for about four years now. i've been to the jfk library in boston about three times now trying to get to know more about i believe this book is one of the historical, you know, compilations that will enable people like me to get to know more about. the question to gasol, global peace, prosperity, progress. long before there was development, long before, long before certain ability and development became the end came, long before the world became -- >> you have to be brief. sorry. you have people waiting. >> there was a wonderful for cited, john f. kennedy, who laid out a framework for a better, peaceful, progressive, and prosperous world which would benefit of humanity, born and yet unborn. the talk before our generation and our global community is to do our utmost best to fulfill his vision for all common good and for the good of generations on board, including -- >> is there a question? >> i know. thank you. we are really going to have said -- thank you very much. thank you. >> question in the back. >> yes. t
i have been in america for about four years now. i've been to the jfk library in boston about three times now trying to get to know more about i believe this book is one of the historical, you know, compilations that will enable people like me to get to know more about. the question to gasol, global peace, prosperity, progress. long before there was development, long before, long before certain ability and development became the end came, long before the world became -- >> you have to be...
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we start with collision 2012, obama versus romney and the future of elections in america followed by the author of collusion:all the media stole the 2012 election and how to stop them from doing it in 2016. at 10:00 p.m. eastern of elizabeth greenspan joins booktv on afterwards. it an interview with the former special master of the federal september 11th victims' compensation fund, mr. greenspan talked about her book battle for ground 0, inside the political struggle to rebuild the world trade center. we wrap up the prime time programming and a 11:00 p.m. eastern with the united states of paranoia:a conspiracy theory. visit booktv.org for more of this weekend's television schedule. >> when you write a book, a lot can go wrong. that is the way i approach the world. i am somewhat neurotic in my writing and reporting a lot can go wrong in 110,000 words. i have been pretty shocked. if there has been criticism from inside it is mostly in the vein of how dare he, how dare an insider give away the secret handshake, how dare an insider talk about other insiders in a way that perhaps might no
we start with collision 2012, obama versus romney and the future of elections in america followed by the author of collusion:all the media stole the 2012 election and how to stop them from doing it in 2016. at 10:00 p.m. eastern of elizabeth greenspan joins booktv on afterwards. it an interview with the former special master of the federal september 11th victims' compensation fund, mr. greenspan talked about her book battle for ground 0, inside the political struggle to rebuild the world trade...
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how did a drink which is 99% sugar water come to represent the united states of america to many people and come to mean so much and have so much power in the world including politics, the environment, now they are being blamed for the obesity epidemic? how did this happen? i.t. will give you a quick march through this and probably won't cover everything everybody wants to hear some make little notes about questions you want answered and i will try to answer them. coca-cola was invented in the 1886 by this gentleman, this is the only known picture of him named john pemberton born in 1831 in their rural town in georgia. he became a pharmacist. he was a doctor and he was a patent medicine maker. he was convinced he was going to make his fortune. in made extract of stalin gm and blow flower cough syrup and other patent medicines which you would have never heard of. he was not a very good businessman. he would make money and given away. he was also in the civil war and he was wounded and i believe that is one of the reasons he became a morphine addict which many civil war veterans did becom
how did a drink which is 99% sugar water come to represent the united states of america to many people and come to mean so much and have so much power in the world including politics, the environment, now they are being blamed for the obesity epidemic? how did this happen? i.t. will give you a quick march through this and probably won't cover everything everybody wants to hear some make little notes about questions you want answered and i will try to answer them. coca-cola was invented in the...
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it was the most powerful for 200 years in america wins world war ii. like the shot of her rant, the sender is to western schools, get rid of the burqa is. until the muslim brotherhood started in 1928 and they said stop trying to be at the west and organized to pull the rugs out and reinstitute fundamental islam. under jimmy carter camus told to write out from underneath a shot. .. he does not do the same and as a matter of fact, some of the slides i have here i show people that he has been putting on his staff, and so these are just some pictures you can look at the screen and i going to get the one -- here we have nancy pelosi submits to islamic law, hillary clinton puts on the muslim veil. and we have muslim postage stamps and another president bells to the king of saudi arabia. the king of saudi arabia is like the godfather of islam because the two holy cities and islam are in that country. and so he says whatever we want or we are no longer a christian nation. he has four brothers and wives in kenya and campaigns for muslims. 3,000 muslims in the u
it was the most powerful for 200 years in america wins world war ii. like the shot of her rant, the sender is to western schools, get rid of the burqa is. until the muslim brotherhood started in 1928 and they said stop trying to be at the west and organized to pull the rugs out and reinstitute fundamental islam. under jimmy carter camus told to write out from underneath a shot. .. he does not do the same and as a matter of fact, some of the slides i have here i show people that he has been...
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america is getting smart. everybody up here is absolutely right. it is no longer them saying its them, them, them. it's now us and these folks who are against medicare and social security, they are kicking their grandma under the bus. they are kicking their own people under the bus and i think mr. turner is absolutely right. we are going to win this because folks are going to sit back and stand for it. it's just a small minority. they just have a lot --. >> they are starting to kickback. we have ted cruz out there on the anti-obamacare to her. folks are starting to speak up now and say wait a minute. >> and they don't have an answer. they don't have an answer. >> i think we need to really pay attention to something that mr. turner said talking about the history of the strike. it took years. >> that's right. >> and once we started boycotts, once we get that information is not only a question of getting together. it's a question of staying together even if we are losing. you can't mistake -- just because you can get information in a nanosecond doesn'
america is getting smart. everybody up here is absolutely right. it is no longer them saying its them, them, them. it's now us and these folks who are against medicare and social security, they are kicking their grandma under the bus. they are kicking their own people under the bus and i think mr. turner is absolutely right. we are going to win this because folks are going to sit back and stand for it. it's just a small minority. they just have a lot --. >> they are starting to kickback....
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i wasn't, oh, my god, how could this happen in america. this is all too familiar, right? we have a prison industry that has an insatiable hung for young black and brun body that's part of the challenge of what we have to address in responding to -- whether zimmerman goes to jail or not, that larger problem is there and the elephant in the room that i think we have to have both the courage and compassion to address in all of its largeness. >> since we're in new york, i have to say this. this problem of stopping black kids, latino kids, stop and frisk, you have here in new york. it's in other places but you got that problem in new york. people act like it's a new problem. i've been in media sin -- now they have thing thing about stop and frisk in new york. when did that happen? well, when i was chair of the civil right commission we did a report on the police department after diallo was killed. remember that? and we took all this evidence and subpoenaed all this material from the police department and did a big report to show that the black youth were being stopped and fris
i wasn't, oh, my god, how could this happen in america. this is all too familiar, right? we have a prison industry that has an insatiable hung for young black and brun body that's part of the challenge of what we have to address in responding to -- whether zimmerman goes to jail or not, that larger problem is there and the elephant in the room that i think we have to have both the courage and compassion to address in all of its largeness. >> since we're in new york, i have to say this....
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the arrogance of bringing children to the united states of america supposedly teaches them what america is about. but then to use the ideology and rhetoric to fight against freedom of religion right there in front of the u.s. capitol and trying to heckle the united states congress is daunting. but they feel very strongly to tell us how we should be running our country. so when henry kissinger accorded this event in his memoir, this took place in 1972. he said perhaps it is in the national character of americans to be taken by those who are kind and mild. this is a story behind our engagement policy with china. now i am glad to take some questions. >> and wait in went in the back? >> yes, ma'am. >> hello, i'm wondering how america is justifying doing on this business with china but won't do a single bit of business with cuba. >> i think frankly members of congress have to get reelected and people in the administration has to get appointed to do that. they need great gobs of money from national corporations to get what it is that they want to get. what they want is the ability to exploit
the arrogance of bringing children to the united states of america supposedly teaches them what america is about. but then to use the ideology and rhetoric to fight against freedom of religion right there in front of the u.s. capitol and trying to heckle the united states congress is daunting. but they feel very strongly to tell us how we should be running our country. so when henry kissinger accorded this event in his memoir, this took place in 1972. he said perhaps it is in the national...
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interview with joe madison, talks about his book ebony and ivy, race, slavery and a troubled history of america's universities. we wrap up tonight's prime-time programming and of:00 eastern with the biography of charles manson. visible tv.org for more of this weekend's television schedule. .. >> for making such a beautiful book, as you can see. it really is quite lovely. i'm talking just about the physicality. you can judge for the insight on your own. [laughter] but as nick said very cogently, this book covers a 30-year span of american history in the middle of the 19th century when nothing much happened. [laughter] there was just, oh, i don't know, the women's movement and the country divided in two, and there were spiritualists and spirit rappers and p.t. barnum all part of the same cultural moment. and then just in case you were getting bored, there was a war, a dreadful war where 750,000 people were killed, and that's probably, that's probably a figure that is not finished being revised upward. and, of course, there was the period of reconstruction that occurred in the south, and at the same
interview with joe madison, talks about his book ebony and ivy, race, slavery and a troubled history of america's universities. we wrap up tonight's prime-time programming and of:00 eastern with the biography of charles manson. visible tv.org for more of this weekend's television schedule. .. >> for making such a beautiful book, as you can see. it really is quite lovely. i'm talking just about the physicality. you can judge for the insight on your own. [laughter] but as nick said very...
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not do for freddie joe gave but mine said christopher went to the number one public high-school in america is one years old the gershwin brothers with there and when they built battery park city and added that to lower manhattan, the quid pro quo was to build a new campus incredible. the olympics sized pool and a broadway stage and orchestra. not a brilliant. 28,000 applicants per year and only about six -- 681 dash 800 students get it and the second day of high school is 9/11 and i was in california. he cannot get from the phone his mother working as it abc news and she jumps on the subway he and cannot get through flip being out to then get on the bus to go back up down and only the do york story they stopped the bus at 34 streak there is a rule that you cannot let people off the bus between stops but they kicked the window out so down she gets on another bus and christopher is on the bus with a bunch of his friends. then they go home. we actually did a little piece that night then i found out of it incredible fire marshal died that day and i met him in 1997 i had written the book that i
not do for freddie joe gave but mine said christopher went to the number one public high-school in america is one years old the gershwin brothers with there and when they built battery park city and added that to lower manhattan, the quid pro quo was to build a new campus incredible. the olympics sized pool and a broadway stage and orchestra. not a brilliant. 28,000 applicants per year and only about six -- 681 dash 800 students get it and the second day of high school is 9/11 and i was in...
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america certainly supports israel. and indeed it should because the vast bulk of american people and the vast bulk of god-fearing christiachristia n american people understand very well that israel stands up for its own values, is the forward salient in the middle east and they look at israel as being a kind of a nation that is founded on values and the same kinds of values that america is founded on. britain doesn't have the same perspective towards israel i have to tell you. it's a more troubled history in which britain was the last colonial occupier of the pre-palestine in which the role played by britain to returning jews returning to restore their ancient homeland in the land of israel. .. jews and to restore the ancient jewish homeland as the state of israel. so britain's history is a little troubled in this regard. and britain's current attitude to israel is, let's put it this way, i think of it as talking out of both sides of your mouth simultaneously. with one side of the mouth, britain says written is our all
america certainly supports israel. and indeed it should because the vast bulk of american people and the vast bulk of god-fearing christiachristia n american people understand very well that israel stands up for its own values, is the forward salient in the middle east and they look at israel as being a kind of a nation that is founded on values and the same kinds of values that america is founded on. britain doesn't have the same perspective towards israel i have to tell you. it's a more...
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c-span: did you say that america was imperialist? >> guest: yes. america was--took part at the end of the 19tth century in the rush for territory in east asia this was the period in which the leading american thinker was admiral th--thayer mahan, admiral mahan with his theories of sea power and of forward deployment of american ships, bases, and the united states, as you know, seizes ha--hawaii at the end of the 19th century. it fights a war with spain. it seizes the philippines, wake, guam and midway islands. the japanese come on the scene as late-starting imperialists. they seize territory from china in 1895, but the great powers--france, germany and russia, czarist russia force japan to return the little peninsula, liaotung peninsula at the foot of mukden province. and japan does, however, acquire the island of taiwan, then known as formosa, as a result of its first war with china, and a decade later, jap--i might add, it also secures indemnities from china's ching dynasty. five years later, it--japan takes part in putting down an insurrection i
c-span: did you say that america was imperialist? >> guest: yes. america was--took part at the end of the 19tth century in the rush for territory in east asia this was the period in which the leading american thinker was admiral th--thayer mahan, admiral mahan with his theories of sea power and of forward deployment of american ships, bases, and the united states, as you know, seizes ha--hawaii at the end of the 19th century. it fights a war with spain. it seizes the philippines, wake,...
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none of the american favored north america with the exception of one guy that had a boat. that was frank lynn -- franklin roosevelt. it set the stage for strategic issues like that. and some extent tactical issue. it's a droibt men of good will, actually to be able to put aside their difference and reach comprise. essentially make it work even though it's ugly at times and certainly bad feelings at time between these blood ally. >> host: if you can't get through on the phone line. you can fry social media. @book of it is the twitter handle. jim in maryland, go ahead. >> caller: you may have addressed this question already. but it's about what you said about italy. you said we were attacking the germans if we nailed them they would be fall like the rest of them would fall like rotten fruit. yfs the decision made to go to italy as opposed to going directly to france right away? i've heard theory it would have cut the war and so on. another question i've got how well did the fdr administration hanged patent flapping of the soldier and on. he was supposedly one of the top comm
none of the american favored north america with the exception of one guy that had a boat. that was frank lynn -- franklin roosevelt. it set the stage for strategic issues like that. and some extent tactical issue. it's a droibt men of good will, actually to be able to put aside their difference and reach comprise. essentially make it work even though it's ugly at times and certainly bad feelings at time between these blood ally. >> host: if you can't get through on the phone line. you can...